Bob Peterson
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One thing that I pay close attention to is the aspect ratio of the photo. The aspect ratio of most photos (all?) does not match those used in videos. You must either use blacks bars (or their equivalent), or crop the photo to obtain the correct aspect ratio. I have preset crop settings in Photoshop which allow me to generate a photo which will fit a video screen. That gives me the opportunity to decide which part of the photo will be displayed. I can also factor in safe areas when sizing the photo.
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My guess is that your problem is that you are still on version 8. I don’t think that the support for the 5D was added until Pro 10 or later. I started experimenting with video from the 5D in May, and had no problems with it. I was still on version 10 in May.
BTW, I do not import CF card files from within Vegas. I always use Windows Explorer to move files from the CF card to my hard drive. I can then import from the hard drive into Vegas. I did not think that Vegas’s import function would physically move files.
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My 5D II generates files in a .MOV container. Vegas has no problem using them.
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For me, the main advantage of a fast processor is a faster preview. As you add video layers and effects to the processing, the load on the processor grows. Also, some file types will require much more processor speed than others. I’ve experienced how a slow processor can virtually cripple the ability to edit a file as the frame rate drops to low levels.
Rendering speed is generally not an overriding consideration. Of course a fast rendering speed is very nice, but you can always go do something else if a render is relatively slow. The same statement is not true for the preview.
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Could you provide a bit more detail? What kinds of files are you trying to edit? Why do you think there are no missing codecs? What happens when you get a crash? What version of Windows? Can you describe your computer (i.e. processor, memory, hard drives, etc.)? It is hard to respond without a lot more information.
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I am running Win 7 Pro, and I remember having some problems with firewire. First, I don’t think Windows is primarily responsible for the driver. It should be supplied by the mother board manufacturer. MS may act as a conduit for a driver, but I have not had good luck with that approach. Thus, I installed the drivers from the motherboard software disk.
Second, I have several devices which communicate via firewire including an external hard drive. The hard drive was very slow under Win 7 until I discovered that the hub I was using had gone bad. Once it was replaced, the problems disappeared.
I connect my cameras to the external hard drive which is always powered down. That way, I hope I am not connecting or unconnecting the camera to a device which is powered up. That helps insure that the firewire port does not get blown. It also confirms that the system recognizes the attached firewire devices since Windows makes it quite clear when the hard drive is powered up.
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This has happened to me a few times with stereo output. The tip off is that the render completes much too quickly. I have fixed it by either moving or deleting the original file. Vegas will then render a new one. I’ve never tried to figure out why it happens.
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May you all experience the peace and joy of Christmas. Many thanks for all the tips I have seen for several years now.
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My first reaction to your “deinterlace” problem is that it looks like the VHS tape has begun to deteriorate. That’s one of the things that VHS does when the tape gets old. If that is what I’m seeing, the only remedy I know of is to convert ASAP to preserve what is left of the video from additional deterioration.
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If the Sony camera is “more accurate”, then there is a problem with either the Nikon or your use of its images. Both white balance and grey balance (you are talking about neutral grey I hope) are aimed at eliminating color imbalances, and either should work. However, white and grey obviously deal with different portions of the tonal scale. I prefer to shoot a target which has white, neutral gray, and black with all cameras. I still white balance the camera, but I also prefer to shoot the target under the same lighting conditions which will exist when I shoot the video (I assume you are already white balancing with the same light). That will allow me to use Vegas’s color corrector to balance high lights (white), mid tones (grey), and low lights (black). Simply use the eye dropper for the complementary color in each of the three tonal ranges. Still image software like Photoshop has the same kind of color balancing tools.